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Website Launched To Attract Skilled Workers From Outside Kyushu
Dogan Inc. of Fukuoka City launched a new website to connect local businesses with human resources outside Kyushu. The site, Qualities, aims to introduce companies and businesspers...
Local Companies Begin To Support Students From Overseas
On June 3, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. donated an emergency stockpile food for students at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Iizuka City. Meanwhile, Aso College Group purchased 2.5 t...
Michinoeki Ukiha Top Regional Roadside
Michinoeki Ukiha topped the ranking of roadside stations in Kyushu and Yamaguchi for the fifth straight year. The ranking released in the July issue of a local sightseeing magazine...
Fireworks Displays Tonight To Cheer Up The Nation
The ‘Cheer Up Firework’ project is scheduled for early June (most likely tonight, June 1) at more than 200 locations around the nation. Approximately 160 firework companies, includ...
Local Rail Lines Add Up To Huge Deficits for JR Kyushu
JR Kyushu announced that seventeen sections of their local rail lines face large deficits for the fiscal year 2018. For example, the sections between Saeki-Nobeoka (Nippo Main Line...
JR Kyushu Cancels Plans for Additional Summer Trains
The company, which operated an additional 450 shinkansen trains and 1,061 express trains between July to September in 2019, plans no such operations this year for the first time si...
Online Koishiwara Pottery Fair Runs Until May 6
An online ceramic fair featuring Koishiwara ware and Takatori ware began on May 3. While the Koishiwara Spring Ceramic Festival in Toho Town was canceled amidst the impact of the n...
Kyushu National Museum Inspires People to Write to Friends in Hieroglyph
The project was initially developed for the 'Egypt: The Land of Discovery' exhibition, scheduled between Apr. 25 ~ Jun. 21. However, as the event was canceled to prevent the spread...
COVID-19 Fukuoka Foreign Residents Survey
The state of emergency in Fukuoka Prefecture began over three weeks ago, and it will likely be extended. How are you doing? With this survey, Fukuoka Now is surveying the experienc...
Online Seven-Night Shochu Event
A Tokyo-based trading company is collaborating with seven shochu distillers in Kyushu in a Zoom-based charity event. Named 'Thousand Nights and Seven Nights - Shochu Caravan Night,...